The U.S. appears to be inching closer to an intervention in Syria. The recent airstrikes carried out by the U.S., along with the United Kingdom and France, combined with open talk of a confrontation against Syria and its allies by President Donald Tru...

Debate has emerged in the aftermath of the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 17 people at a Florida high school over how best to fix the rampant gun violence that has plagued the U.S. for years.
One of the most comm...

Most attendees greeted the unified Korean Olympic team with applause as they entered the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
One notable exception to this was the Vice President of...

A three day government shutdown ended on Monday night when President Trump signed a continuing resolution that would fund the government until Feb. 8.
However, one of the central issues of the government shutdown — the fa...

Many prominent figures have recently been exposed for their sexual misconduct, thanks in large part to the #MeToo movement. This movement has emboldened sexual assault victims to speak out against their abusers, and has been suc...

The National Football League is in turmoil.
Those who oppose the widespread protests NFL players are making against racial inequality and police brutality, as well as those who support these protests, have a common way of...

California voters approved Proposition 64 legalizing recreational marijuana last November.
There is one complication — cities and counties must approve of the legal sale of marijuana. And so far, many of them have been dragging...

When faced with such big threats to minority rights, women’s rights and democracy in America it’s tempting to take whatever allies possible in the effort to stop these threats. This applies even to those who once sought o...